The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-03-10
JACOB AT BETHEL.


Iatcrnational sunday-school Lesson fss
| March IS, 1887.
Especially arranged from 8. 8. QUARTERLY
| Gen. 81 :1O.22; commit verses 1917.
10. And jacob went out from Beer-sheba, ana
went toward Haran.
II. And ho lighted upon o certain place, and
tarried there all night, because the sun was set;
| and he took of tho stones OF that place, and
put them for his pillows, and lay down in that
place to sleep.
1s Apd he dreamed ana behold ladder set
| UP on the earth, and the top OF II reached to
| Heaven; and behold the angels Of God ascend
ing and descending on it
49, And, behold, the Lord stood nbove 1t, ana
said: am the Lord God Of Abraham thy
father, and the God Of Isaac; the land whereon
thou liest. to thee will give it. and to thy seed.
H. And thy seed shall be as the dust OF the
earth; and thou shalt spread abroad to the
west, and to the east, and to the north, and to
the south; md in thee and in thy seed shall oil
the families Of the earth be blessed.
IS. And behold, ON with thee, and will keep
thee in all places whittier thou goest and will
bring thee again into this land; for will not
leave thee, until have done that which have
spoken to thee Of l.
10. And Jabob awaked out Of his Sleep and
he said: Surely the Lord is in this place; and
knew IL not
ia. And he was afraid and said: How dread.
full is this place! this is none other but the
house Of God, and this is the gate Of Heaven.
~. And Jacob rose up early in the morning
and took the stone that he had put for his pill.
lows, and sot it up fer O pillar, and poured oil
upon tho top Of It,
TO- And he called the name Of that place
Bethel; but tho name Of that city was called
Luz at the first.
90 And Jacob vowed vow, saying: II God
will be with me, md will keep me in this wny
| tnat go, and will give me bread to eat, and
| raiment to put on,
81. So that come again to my fathers
house in peace; then shall the Lord bo my
God: $50
~. And this stone. which have set for pil.
lar, shall be God house; nnd OF that Thou shalt
give me will surely give the tcnth unto Thee.
TrME-B. c. 17sO, 81 years after tho last
lesson. Others cali it B. c. 1907
PLACE-Bothel (tou@ of God), twelve
miles north of Jerusalem.
ABRAHAM lived fifty years after the last
lesson. He died B. c. 1921, aged 175. Sarah
lived to be l27. ..-.
IsAAo-1l7 years old at this time. He had
married, when 40 years old, his cousin Re.
bekah, and they had two children, twins,
Jacob and Esau.
JACOB AND EsAU were born B. G. 1893,
when Isaac was 50 years old Esau was q
hunter, a brave, sensual, worldly, jovial
man; Jacob was a farmer, plain, shrewd,
selfish at this time.
SELLING THE DIHTHHI6HT-W ucu GNeV
were al out 32 years old, Esau, being very
hungry, sold his birthright to Jacob for q
mess Of pottage (Gcn. 25: 2s-34). This was
not SO much double portion of property,
as the inheritance Of the promises. +
TIE BIRTHRIGHT OBTAINED BY FRAUD
Twenty-Five years after, when Isaac was
old. he proposed to confer the birthright
Oh Esau, the elder. Jacob knew that it
was designed for him by God, and that he
had purchased it; but now it seemed to be
about to be given to Esau. So he and his
mother deceived Isaac, and obtained the
blessing. They paid dearly for obtaining q
good thing in q bad way. Esau was angry,
and Jacob was sent secretly to his uncle.
HELPS OVER HARD PLACEs-lO. Besrsheba:
Isaac's home. Haran, a city in Padan.
aram, Mesopota mia, from which place
Abraham came. 1t was $50 miles away.
! u. And the Lord stood: he confirms Jacob
in the birthright by confirming in him tho
promises made to Abraham 13O years be-
fore. Is. Behold I an, tcih thee: against his
four-fold cross here is q four-fold comfort.
Q) Against the loss of his friends, ~ will
be with thee" (2) OF his country, II will
give thee this land" (8) Against his pov.
erty, ''Thou shalt spread abroad to the
cast, west" etc. az His solitariness;
angels shall attend thee, and ''thy seed
shall be as the dust" etc. II. AFRAID: con-
sc.ous Of guilt. he could not but fear at the
iearness Of a holy God and q holy Heaven.
1S. Poured oil Mpon IL: an act of consccra-
tion to Go1. 3D. Bethel: see Place. 20. II
God wiN be: rather, since God Is: not con-
dition, but statement of o fact 81.
Tenth: as an acknowledgement that all
comes from God.
SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL REPoRrs-The
twin brothers. Selling the birthright.
How Jacob obtained 1t. How his deceit
was punished. Tho journey to Haran.
Bethel. Tho ladder to Heaven. Its mean
ing. Jacobs VOW Tithcs
GOLDEN TExr-Surcly the Lord is in
this placc.-Gen. as:l6.
CENTRAL TRUrH-Evcry true life is .
ladder from earth to Heaven.
New TESTAMENT LIGHT ON OLD TESLA.
MEST TuENEs-1. What is Esau called in
the New Testament for selling his birth.
right! QIeb 12: 15-l7.) Could no regain
it! Why notl What is our birthrightl
from. 8: 14-17.) In what ways do people
sell their birthrishtl q What vision of
hope does God give usl (Eph. i: 18, 19)
Who makes US promises to be our Godl
(Eph. 8: 20, 21; Jude "a, a5.) 3. The NEW
LIFE. What change do we need like that
Of Jacob? John 8: 8; 2 Cor. 5:17.) How
can wo prove whether we have really bo-
gun new hfcl aa' .t
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
]. The deeds Of youth bear fruit in later
years.
q Tho commonest work or place IL
trans1gured by communion with God and
Heaven.
B. Stony pillows Of afiiction orc often
our cato to Heaven. rs
4. Every true life is ladder from earth
to Heaven, growing brighter and brighter
step by step.
g. Our prayers, desires, aspirations, en-
deavors, are ascending angels; and God
sends back answers, blessings, helps, love,
His Holy Spirit. alalr
6. Jesus is like this ladder, joining Garth
to Heaven.
2. Every Christian home should be Q
house CT God and gate of Heaven. y
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